She Knew Him

by genesssa

A drabble, I promise, despite how the words seem to be counted here. I think the hyphenates are being counted as two, which is not proper, and of course the three-word title has also been counted, so it shows as 109, but count for yourself: 100! The Fifth Doctor is recognized by a burger-flipper who witnesses a tiny act of kindness.

SHE KNEW HIM

She knew him by reputation, and by his cricket not-whites, the silly celery, his wondering wall-to-wall gaze as if he'd never done takeaway before, and at the same time his distraction, planning perhaps to save a planet or put a monster's nose out of joint. She knew him by the weird effluvia he set down before he dug from his pockets several crumpled pound notes, paid and strode out into the rain to squat before the ragged child, hand her his humble dinner and turn away from the embarrassing thanks. Then she was glad she'd packed him two extra brownies.